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US & Canada · WashingtonThe U.S. is moving to ease restrictions on blood donations from gay and bisexual men and other groups that traditionally face higher risks of HIV. The Food and Drug Administration on Friday announced draft guidelines that would do away with the current three-month abstinence requirement for donations from men who have sex with men. Instead, potential donors would be screened with a questionnaire that evaluates their individual risks for HIV based on sexual behavior, recent partners and other factors.
FDA eases rules again for gay men seeking to donate blood
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Research · New BrunswickJohnson & Johnson’s JNJ, -1.51% experimental HIV vaccine is safe but not effective, and the late-stage study will be discontinued as a result of that finding, federal researchers said Wednesday.
Experimental HIV vaccine regimen safe but ineffective, NIH study finds
56% Center coverage: 9 sources
Europe · DüsseldorfA stem cell transplant has cured a man of HIV, researchers have announced.
Third person cured of HIV after stem cell transplant, researchers say
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US & CanadaState Rep. La Shawn Ford (D-Chicago) joined the Black Leadership Advocacy Coalition for Healthcare Equity. The advocacy group said that less than $1 million of the Illinois Department of Public Health's HIV/AIDS budget is going towards Black-led community-based service providers. "We cannot continue to write policy and pass out appropriations and leave out the most impacted group from the table"
HIV/AIDS organizations push for more resources on National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
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HIVThe mpox virus -- formerly known as monkeypox -- often causes severe illness and death. All people diagnosed with mpox should also be tested for HIV, researchers say. mpox outbreak that spread around the world last year was linked to networks of gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men.
Mpox Can Be Fatal for People With Advanced HIV
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US & Canada · ColumbiaThe SC Department of Health and Environmental is highlighting National Women and Girls HIV/Aids Awareness Day. Women and girls accounted for 21% of new HIV diagnoses in SC between 2020 and 2021. In 2021, there were 5,458 women and girls living with HIV in South Carolina.
